THE GEOGRAPHER ONLINE

Year 8

  • Home
    • How to make a website: Tools and experiences
    • Maps and Regions
    • Travel Photographs and Videos
    • Live: Global Hazards and Disasters
    • Geography in the news
    • The Big Geography Challenge
  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
    • GCSE Coursework
    • Alternative to Coursework
    • IGCSE Geography Examination Advice
    • IGCSE Revision Games
  • Key Stage 3
    • Year 6 >
      • My Place
      • Rivers
      • Brazil
    • Year 7 >
      • Maps and the world
      • Rocky Landscapes
      • Settlement
      • Weather & Climate
    • Year 8 >
      • Maps Introduction
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Economic Activity
      • Biomes
    • Year 9 >
      • Map Skills - review
      • Development
      • Coasts
      • Tourism
      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
    • World at Risk
    • Crowded Coasts
  • Geography Skills
  • Donations & Contact
  • YouTube Channel
  • Essential computer programs
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Maps - Introduction

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  • To be able to locate a country using its latitude and longitude
  • To be able to identify countries using an atlas
  • To know how to follow a path set out by the lines of latitude and longitude


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​Watch the following Video and try to discover as many ways as you can about how maps are used.


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Main:

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  1. Introduce students to the Word Atlas (Collins Student World Atlas) Explain what they can be used for.
  2. Complete the Atlas Challenge  worksheet.
  3. Make some notes on using Latitude and Longitude and watch the YouTube .
  4. Play the International Jewel Thief Game using the worksheet and the Atlases. 
Atlas Challenge Worsheet
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International Jewel Thief Chase - worksheet
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​Using the worksheet on lines of latitude and longitude mark on the various volcanoes on our planet. You can then check them using your Atlas.

Famous Volcanoes Location - Worksheet
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How we make maps

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  • To know what a good map should have​
  • To know the compass directions
  • To be able to use a map to tell directions

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Mental Mapping: Draw a map of your neighborhood (where you live). It should be focused on your own house. It should be completed on one page of your notebook and include as many aspects of a map that you can think of. (15 min)


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Give out OS maps (1 per table) . Ask the students to discuss and compare their maps to the OS maps and to think of the different features maps should have to be useful.
  • Title
  • Scale
  • Grid
  • Key (symbols)
  • Colours
  • Compass direction
Define the above for the class and explain why they are important. These will be used later in lessons.

Compass: 
Draw a compass and explain the directional points. 
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​Using the OS maps on the desk give compass directions to different things on the maps. Test the students in their sense of direction using the revision Kahoot.

Compass directions Worksheet - Homework
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REvision Kahoot

Maps: Scale & Distance

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  • To be able to measure straight line and real distance


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​Quick review of Compass directions. Use the link to play the quiz.

Compass Directions

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​Using the Slide Share explain scale and distance. Then complete the following worksheet.

How Far? Worksheet
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Measuring Scale and Distance from Steven Heath
Measuring Scale and Distance
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​Go over the the worksheet questions in class and correct the answers that they have so far.
Can be completed for Homework


Maps: Grid references

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  • To be able to read 4-figure  and 6-figure references. 
  • To know how to mark points using grid references.


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Display the Treasure map below and ask students to imagine they are pirates and have buried treasure. They then need to write down some cryptic directions to exactly where that treasure is buried- they are only allowed 4 words! We will then try to find the exact location. 
​(this will prove to be difficult, leading nicely into the reason for grid references)

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  1. ​Using the PowerPoint run through explanation and exercises about Grid References.
  2. Complete the work sheet explaining how to work out Grid References (complete for Homework and colour it in)

How to read grid references - PowerPoint
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Grid reference worksheet
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Extension task - Grid references
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​Play the battleships game with the class - display it on the board and have them guess coordinates for my battle ships.

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Battleships Game
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Maps: Symbols

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  • To know a range of map symbols
  • To be able to use a key


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​Using the two images below try to identify what or where certain symbols are.

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  1. Using the PowerPoint and the OS map extract discover what are map symbols and how we use them. 
  2. Make notes on how to read a key.
  3. Complete the worksheet on symbols.

Map Symbols PowerPoint
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OS Map Symbols Key
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OS Map symbols - Worksheet
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Complete the MapZone Quiz on OS Symbols

MapZone

Height on a map.

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  • To understand how height and shape are shown on a map
  • To know that three different techniques can be used – spot heights, layer colouring and contours


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​Watch the YouTube below and try to work out what contour lines are. Discuss in class, what are their uses?


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​Make some notes on what contour lines are and practice reading them using OS Map. 

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Contour Map
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​Using the outline map below and cardboard, create a 3D elevation map of Enchanted Rock 
​(this activity will take up to 2 lessons)

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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas
Contour Outline map of Echanted Rock, USA
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​Using the 3D maps compare them to the contour line map of the area and the Google World image and try to recognize certain features and points. 


Map Skills Assessment

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Treasure Map Project

This will be counting as your end of unit assessment.
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Introducing the project
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Student Instructions
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Self assessment document
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Extension Task: Geography in the News

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This task is going to be a paired assignment using IT to both practice connecting through Office 365 and also using some of the programs that are available to you.


Creating a news report
  1. Pick a physical Geographical event that has occurred in the the news.
  2. Create no fewer than 10 PowerPoint slides with information and pictures that show your chosen event (design them in the form of a Breaking news story)
  3. Narrate the event to create a short 2-3 minute video

Programs to use:
  • PowerPoint (365)
  • Quicktime Player
  • Audacity
  • iMovie
  • Windows Movie maker

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  • Home
    • How to make a website: Tools and experiences
    • Maps and Regions
    • Travel Photographs and Videos
    • Live: Global Hazards and Disasters
    • Geography in the news
    • The Big Geography Challenge
  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
    • GCSE Coursework
    • Alternative to Coursework
    • IGCSE Geography Examination Advice
    • IGCSE Revision Games
  • Key Stage 3
    • Year 6 >
      • My Place
      • Rivers
      • Brazil
    • Year 7 >
      • Maps and the world
      • Rocky Landscapes
      • Settlement
      • Weather & Climate
    • Year 8 >
      • Maps Introduction
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Economic Activity
      • Biomes
    • Year 9 >
      • Map Skills - review
      • Development
      • Coasts
      • Tourism
      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
    • World at Risk
    • Crowded Coasts
  • Geography Skills
  • Donations & Contact
  • YouTube Channel
  • Essential computer programs